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3 <br /> <br />Monthly Report: <br /> <br /> <br />Roadside Spraying: Road rights-of-way spraying has been completed for the <br />year. Walker finished spraying on September 12 using one truck to finish <br />township roads. J & J Spraying started spraying on September 8 utilizing two <br />trucks and two Rangers for the ditch bottoms. The Rangers used Tordon with <br />HighNoon as a test to determine the effectiveness of the Tordon/HighNoon <br />combination. The rangers sprayed 200 acres in the north ditch of Hwy 46 and <br />the rest area west of Casselton on I94 J&J has utilized two trucks spraying <br />county and township roads. <br /> <br />The spraying costs are below. <br /> <br /> $/ Application <br />Contractor Acres Acre Cost <br /> <br />J&J Spraying 4825 $23.99 $115,751.75 <br />Walker 4573 $31.75 $145,202.28 <br /> <br /> Total 9398 $260,954.03 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Weed Control Staff spraying: Weed Control staff have been spraying in the <br />Sheyenne Diversion and the County Park at Brewer Lake. <br /> <br />Chemical Storage: Union Storage and Transfer Co has agreed to provide <br />space for 20 pallets of controlled climate chemical storage for five years. <br />Storage rates will be their normal rate for the number of pallets delivered. This <br />will provide Weed Control with the ability to purchase and have delivered <br />herbicides at any time. <br /> <br />Solar farm in Buffalo area: It was brought to the County Administrator’s <br />attention that a solar farm is being proposed in the Buffalo area. The solar farm <br />may include up to 3000 acres. I informed the Administrator that I would like to <br />see the developer’s plan for noxious weed control. This is a common practice for <br />gas and petroleum pipeline developers to submit their noxious weed control plan <br />to the Weed Control Office prior to any new pipeline installation. <br /> <br />Biocontrol: We have not received any biocontrol agents from Integrated Weed <br />Management as they were not able to secure and ship biocontrol agents this <br />year. <br /> <br />